The Independence of Claire: Large Print

By: Vaizey, George de Horne

To begin with, the relationship between herself and her mother was moreintimate than is usually the case, for Claire was an only child, and MrsGifford a widow only eighteen years older than herself. Briefly stated, thefamily history was as follows-Eleanor Guyther had been the only child ofstern, old-world parents, and at seventeen had run away from the housewhich had been more like a prison than a home, to marry a handsomeyoung artist who had been painting in the neighbourhood during the summermonths; a handsome merry-faced boy of twenty-one, whose portrait Clairetreasured in an old-fashioned gold locket, long since discarded by hermother, who followed the fashion in jewellery as well as in dress. It wasstrange to look at the face of a father who was no older than oneself, andClaire had spent many hours gazing at the pictured face, and trying to gainfrom it some idea of the personality of the man of whom her motherpersistently refused to speak.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08R12YXNT
• ISBN13: 9798584034269
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"